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Survey of English Place-Names

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Chalcot Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tanworth

Etymology

Chalcot Wood (6″). Cf. Cherlekote poole in Tanworth t. Ed 4Add , Charlecote pole 1576 ib., Charlcot Coppice 1840TA . 'cot(e) of the churls,' cf. Charlecote supra 250.